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- September 9, 1912·2 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Stops in Buffalo
He stopped in Buffalo, New York for three days en route from Montreal to Chicago, visiting Niagara Falls during the stay and telling reporters that Europe was "one vast arsenal" needing only "one spark" to ignite war — a remark later read as anticipating the First World War.
- September 12, 1912·5 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Returns to Chicago
Returning to Chicago for the first time since May, he received a large welcome at the train station and, during this three-day stay, was warmly received at a meeting of the city's Theosophical Society, whose president called him "the greatest prophet of peace."
- September 15, 1912·8 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Visits Kenosha
On a one-day side trip from Chicago to Kenosha, Wisconsin, local believers reportedly left two chairs empty at the meeting as a symbolic gesture of reverence for Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- September 16, 1912·9 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks at Corinne True's Home
On his way back through Chicago from Kenosha before continuing west, he spoke at the home of Corinne True, a leading Chicago Bahá'í instrumental in the Wilmette temple project.
- September 20, 1912·13 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Addresses the Twin Cities
During a stay of several days in Minneapolis and St. Paul, he addressed the Minneapolis Commercial Club and, separately, spoke at a synagogue at the invitation of a local rabbi, discussing the compatibility of Judaism and Christianity’s spiritual claims.
- September 21, 1912·14 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Passes Through Omaha
He made a brief overnight stop in Omaha, Nebraska between Minneapolis and Lincoln, with no extended public program recorded.
- September 22, 1912·15 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Visits Lincoln
During a roughly twelve-hour stay in Lincoln, Nebraska, he visited Mrs. William Jennings Bryan (wife of the prominent politician) and wrote a prayer for her husband's endeavors; local Arab immigrants and newspaper readers also called on him at his hotel.
- September 24, 1912·17 Izzat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks in Denver
Over several days in Denver, he addressed a gathering on the theme of being "chosen" for a life of service and gave a talk titled "Love Is the First Effulgence of Divinity" at the Second Church of Divine Science; a journalist interviewing him dubbed him a "pioneer of equal suffrage."
- September 28, 1912·2 Mashiyyat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Rests in Glenwood Springs
He took a one-day rest stop at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, using the hot springs to recover from the strain of the tour; it was here he reportedly received word of the serious illness of early American believer Thornton Chase.
- September 29, 1912·3 Mashiyyat 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Visits Salt Lake City
He arrived in Salt Lake City and spent about two and a half days there, visiting the Utah State Fair (where he bought seeds to bring back to plant in the Holy Land) and attending the National Irrigation Congress, then in session in the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square.